The meaning of MAYOR-COUNCIL is of, relating to, or constituting a method of municipal government in which policy-making and administrative powers are vested in a usually elective mayor and council.
CITY COUNCIL OVERRIDES VETO Mayor Opposed Definition of Mobile Home ParksA debate about mobile homes spurred Spokane Mayor David Condonthis week to issue only his second...Deshais, Nicholas
Deputy Mayormeans the councillor who is appointed by council, pursuant to section 34 of this bylaw, to act as mayor in the absence or incapacity of the mayor. Mayormeans the duly elected and acting Mayor, or in the Mayor's absence, the duly appointed and/or elected Vice Mayor or Acting...
Generally, an American mayor is elected by the population of the town or city, while a British mayor is elected by council members. A British mayor is often merely ceremonial, while an American mayor is the chief executive of local government. The word mayor is derived from the Old French ...
Wednesday night I joined Mayor Pro Tem Bryson Robinson, and Councilmembers Bush, Craig, and Smith at the Cary 101 Graduation. This class met once a week for eight weeks and learned about government structure, culture, and origins; what impacts Cary development; streets, greenways, bike lanes,...
We are surrounded on all sides by mayors: they clog our airwaves and the pages of our newspapers, they clutter our debate stages and swim across our TV screens. Out of small-town council chambers and metropolitan halls alike they crawl, slither, or trot like prize ponies onto the national ...
In another, more recent, system of municipal management—the council-manager system—the mayor has a much reduced role, serving essentially only as head of the council. Whatever the form of local government, the mayor’s role may be said to rest largely on the relationship of the mayor to ...